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EFCC allegedly places Anambra Governor, Willie Obiano on watchlist

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has allegedly placed Anambra State Governor, Willie Obiano on its watchlist, according to multiple newspapers. Obiano will handover power to the governor-elect, Prof. Charles Soludo on March 16, 2022 and by then he ...

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Zamfara Government shuts bakery, filling station ‘working with bandits’

The Zamfara State Taskforce Committee on Compliance to Gov. Bello Matawalle’s Executive Order on insecurity has ordered the closure of a filling station and bakery in Gusau and Tsafe local government areas of the state. Chairmen of Committee, Abubakar Dauran, ...

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Sweden’s first female PM, Magdalena Andersson resigns after just 8 hours in office

Sweden’s first female prime minister, Magdalena Andersson has resigned from office just eight hours after she became prime minister. Andersson was forced to resign after the Green Party — a junior partner to Andersson’s Social Democrats — said it would ...

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Super Eagles players reportedly against decision to sack Rohr

  A cross-section of the Super Eagles have reportedly kicked against the decision of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to sack the coach of the team, Gernot Rohr. According to Own Goal Nigeria, the German technician is said to have ...

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Secondary school students attack Police Chief in Ogun

  The Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Obantoko Division in Adatan Area Command of Abeokuta, Ogun State, SP Alimeke Ignatius and his men have been reportedly attacked by some rampaging students of two secondary schools in the state capital. The ...

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Pastor, 63 allegedly weds 18-year-old chorister as second wife (Photos)

Apostle Peter Tom Udofia, the General Overseer of the Way of Salvation Church of Jesus Christ, in Calabar, is under intense criticism for allegedly marrying an 18-year-old chorister in his church. The 63-year-old clergyman married Sister Blessing Jeremiah Esu in ...

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FG Reveals When Air Nigeria Will Take Off (See Details)

  Senator Hadi Sirika, the Minister of Aviation, has disclosed that Nigeria’s national airliner, Air Nigeria, is expected to take off by April 2022. He made the disclosure while briefing State House Correspondents on Wednesday after the week’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) ...

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Moment Pastor tried to heal mad man in public

  A video making the rounds on social media has captured the dramatic moment a pastor got into a tussle with a ‘mad man’ while trying to heal him in public. In the video, the pastor could be seen laying ...

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Saraki declares to run for President in 2023

A former President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, has declared to run for President in the 2023 general elections, Vanguard reports.   According to the paper, Saraki made his intention known during his visit to the Governor of Benue ...

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Female Passenger Stabs Lagos Uber Driver With Broken Bottle Over N4100 Fare

An Uber driver, identified only as Adewale, has accused a passenger, Laura, of stabbing him with a bottle during an argument in the Agungi area of Ajah, Lagos State. Punch Metro gathered that Adewale conveyed the lady from Ajao Estate ...

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My father never recovered from NDLEA ordeal – Baba Suwe’s son

One of the sons of late comic actor, Babatunde Omidina, aka Baba Suwe, Adebowale, has said his father never recovered from what he suffered in the hands of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency after he was accused of peddling ...

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Lai Mohammed’s Attempt To Rubbish EndSARS Report While Buhari Awaits White Paper Shows FG Not Coordinated – HURIWA

Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria has said the statement by Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, rubbishing the report of the Lagos panel on the Lekki shootings, when his principal, President Muhammadu Buhari, is awaiting the White Paper ...

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Burna Boy gets Grammy nomination for the third time in a row

Burna Boy has been nomonated for Grammy Awards for the third time in a row. He was first nominated for the award two years ago in the Global Music Award category with his album, African Giant, but lost out to ...

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10 days after, comedian Cute Abiola still in detention

  Naval personnel and online comedian, Abdulgafar Ahmad, aka Cute Abiola, has spent 10 days in the custody of the Nigerian Navy for posting a video of himself in military uniform on social media. This is as the Naval spokesperson, ...

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Reps urge police, DSS, others to end killings, kidnappings across Nigeria

The House of Representatives has urged security agencies in Nigeria to end the killings and kidnappings going on across the country especially in the South-East geopolitical zone. At the plenary on Tuesday, the lawmaker representing Nnewi-North/Nnewi-South Federal Constituency in Anambra ...

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Leave Ethiopia now – UK govt tells Brits

The UK Government has told its citizens to leave Ethiopia now. Africa minister Vicky Ford said; “the conflict in Ethiopia is deteriorating quickly.” “In the coming days, we may see fighting move closer to Addis Ababa, which could severely limit ...

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Activist and fierce critic, Tony Uranta is dead

Activist and fierce critic, Tony Uranta has died after long battle with ill-health. He died at the age of 57. Sources closed to the deceased said Uranta died after serious battle with undisclosed ailment. On-Air Personality Jimi Disu announced the ...

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Sweden gets first female prime minister

Magdalena Andersson has been approved by Sweden’s parliament as the country’s first-ever female prime minister, after replacing Stefan Lofven as leader of the centre-left Social Democrats. Sweden is the only Nordic country never to have elected a woman as a ...

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Northwest governors visit Ikoyi collapsed building site

  North-West governors on Wednesday paid a condolence visit to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu over the Gerrard Road, Ikoyi building collapse, which killed over forty people few weeks ago. The Governors also sympathised with the people of the State and families ...

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Davido Launches New Cryptocurrency “Echoke Social Token”

Davido has announced the launch of his cryptocurrency, ‘Echoke social token.’ Davido made the announcement in a Twitter post expressing excitement about the social token. In the post, he noted that with his social token value created by fans to ...

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